fruit bat – Australia Zoo

golden orb weaving spider – these were everywhere and ranged from house spider sized right up to scary-big!

eastern water dragon – again, these were everywhere

We didn’t manage to find any wild koalas although we were often to be found sniffing around any scribbly gums or other eucalyptus we could find – this fella was in the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

sleepy wombat – Australia Zoo

Tasmanian devil – Australia Zoo

croc – Australia Zoo

kangaroo at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, we saw quite a few of these in the wild, particularly further north

emu

goanna – this one was just off the path on the way to a creek, he was about 3-4ft long

praying mantis, this little beasty was on the wall outside of our room

fruit bats over Hervey Bay – apparently they were on their daily commute to Fraser Island

gecko, again, these chaps were everywhere – and really noisy

tree snake – we found this one at the Wild Horse Mountain lookout, he was probably a couple of metres long and very fast

bush turkey – anywhere you could scratch some dirt, you could find one of these

another water dragon, I think this one was basking on a random rock at Australia Zoo

ring-tailed lemur – Australia Zoo

Joey – Australia Zoo

blue parrot – Australia Zoo

red parrot – Australia Zoo

Cassowary – Australia Zoo

Lorikeet, we saw loads of these colourful little chaps all over the place